Four-footed Americans and their kin . nd a mate and hire a house. What elsedo you think has happened too? I cant wait to giveyou three guesses. Daisy has a beautiful little calf, andits a lovely mousy color, with great eyes like a may I name her Clover? Rod says if she livesto grow up, she will be a fine cow and give as butterymilk as Daisy. Yes ? Then Ill go back right awayand tell her what her name is, and Dodo skipped downthe walk, singing, M—mammals; m — milk! MADDER FOR CLIMBING THE FAMILY TREE;TH AMERICAN MAMMALS ORDER OF POUCHED MAMMALS Marsupialia Family Didelphia (Number o
Four-footed Americans and their kin . nd a mate and hire a house. What elsedo you think has happened too? I cant wait to giveyou three guesses. Daisy has a beautiful little calf, andits a lovely mousy color, with great eyes like a may I name her Clover? Rod says if she livesto grow up, she will be a fine cow and give as butterymilk as Daisy. Yes ? Then Ill go back right awayand tell her what her name is, and Dodo skipped downthe walk, singing, M—mammals; m — milk! MADDER FOR CLIMBING THE FAMILY TREE;TH AMERICAN MAMMALS ORDER OF POUCHED MAMMALS Marsupialia Family Didelphia (Number of North American Species, One) The females of this family carrytheir young, when first born, in apouch on the lower part of the abdomen. They have fourhandlike feet, and a tail which is used like a hand (pre-hensile, the Wise Men call this sort of tail). These animalslive on the ground and in trees. They are both flesh, fruit,and insect eaters. Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana. Length of body, 17 inches ; tail, 11-12 ORDER OF SEA COWSSirenia (Number of North American Species, Two) Family of ManateesManatidse (Number of North American Species, One) Clumsy animals of southern rivers, feeding upon waterplants. American Manatee Manatus americanus. Length, 8-10 416 FOUR-FOOTED AMERICANS ORDER OF WHALES, PORPOISES, DOLPHINS Cetacea (From Cetus and Ketos, the Latin and Greek words forWhale, —Whale meaning roller.) All of this order live onanimal food and are helpless on land. One species, theKiller Whale, eats other warm-blooded animals. Family of True WhalesBalasnidae (Number of North American Species, Seventeen) Has plates of baleen, the horny fibre known as whale-bone, growing from its palate. Feeds on Sea mollusks. Bowhead Whale Balcsna mysticetus. Length, 45-50 feet. Finback Whale Balcenoptera musculus. Length, 65-70 feet. Family of Sperm WhalesPhyseteridae (Number of North American Species, Two) This family lives on squids and cuttlefish, among other
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